No.211ー4
BULLETIN BOARD
■UNESCO Lecture
“Field Report on the Terakoya Projects in India and Nepal“
Date & Time: Nov. 20, Sat.
(14:00 - )
Place: Nakameguro Square (2-10-13 Nakameguro)
Speakers: Nozomi Imahata, Hiroshi Toyama, Mieko
Morita, Takeshi Kusuhara. (Youth Activity Committee members)
Theme: Terakoya movement - YES or NO?
- Results of the questionnaire survey
- Comparison of three countries ? India, Nepal, and Japan
- Panel discussion: Is the Terakoya
movement really necessary?
■ The 47th UNESCO
Art Exhibition
Dates: Nov. 24, Wed. - 28, Sun.
Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (16:00 for the last day)
Place: Meguro
Museum of Art, Kumin Gallery (2-4-36, Meguro)
- Exhibition of paintings, craft arts,
calligraphic works, photos by Meguro UNESCO members
- Special Exhibition “Pictures Drawn by
Iraqi Children”
- Report on UNESCO Activities
- KURURINPA Exhibition
■ Lecture “The War Isn’t Over”
Date & Time: Nov. 27,
Sat. (14:00 - )
Speaker: Mr. Maki Sato, Japan International Volunteer Center
(JVC)
Now in Iraq, as many as 5,000 children are living on the streets. There has also been a sharp increase in the number of children suffering from leukemia, since the Gulf War, allegedly caused by the depleted uranium shells. Mr. Sato says, “I want many people to know why there are so many of these children in Iraq.”Thanks to the JVC, in the forthcoming art exhibition, we will be able to see pictures drawn by children the JVC staffs have met in Baghdad and Basra.
■ Komaba Open House
(Cultural Festival 2004)
- Refreshment booths serving foreign dishes, exhibitions introducing foreign cultures, flea market,
folk dances, etc…
Date: Nov. 23, Tue. (National holiday)
Place: Komaba International Students House (4-5-29
Komaba, Meguro-ku)
Transportation: Get off at Komaba-Todaimae station on the
Inokashira Line, and walk for five minutes from the west exit.
Youth Activity Committee members of Meguro UNESCO, T. Kusuhara, M. Morita, and M. Cho and others, will open a stand to serve zouni (a New Year’s special soup with rice cake) for foreign students who have little chance to eat traditional Japanese food.
■Let’s Enjoy
Dishes of Different Countries
Date & Time: Dec. 4, Sat. (10:30 - )
Place: Kitchen of Gohongi Elementary School
Friendship members studying in Meguro UNESCO Japanese classes will make dishes of their own countries such as India, Korea, China, Thailand, Italy and some African countries. You can enjoy lunch for \800. The profit will be used to support Terakoya projects and others.
Volunteers to make Japanese dishes wanted!!
We’d like to have Japanese dishes, too. You can either use the kitchen at school or just bring dishes prepared at home. Actual expenses for the ingredients will be paid.
Inquiries: T. Hashimoto
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Ms. Ayako Yamamura passed away on Oct. 5, 2004.
Mr. Shinpei Nakazawa passed away in November 2004
May their souls rest in peace.
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